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Jefferson  Davis  Memorial  Association 

and  the  Unveiling  of  the  Alonument, 


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yefferson  Davis  Memorial  ^Association 

-  afid  the 

Unveiling  of  the  Monument 

"EJchmondj  Va,  -  June  jrd,  1907 


Arranged  by  Mrs.  Alice  M.  Tyler  Cover  Design  and  Decorations  by  Carl  J.  Rostrup 

Whittet  &  Shepperson,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  Publishers 


'YMBOLIZED  in  the  Vindicatrix  which  crowns  the 
I    shaft  of  the   monument   erected   by  the  Jefferson 
Davis  Monument  Association,  the  emblem  of  South- 
ern womanhood,  fitly  stands,  the  immortal  spirit  of 
her  land  shining  unquenched  within  her  eyes,  and  her  hand 
uplifted  in  an  eternal  appeal  to  the  God  of  justice  and  of  truth. 

The  heroism  of  Southern  women  was  the  inspiration  of  the 
matchless  bravery  of  the  Southern  soldiers.  Their  hands 
girded  the  sash  and  their  hearts  fared  fordi  their  knights  to 
the  field. 

Now,  the  days  of  youth  for  many  of  these  women  lie  buried 
on  forgotten  battle-fields.  But  in  the  twilight  of  their  years 
they  have  builded:  "Love's  memorial  unto  valor  that  shall 
stand  while  time  shall  bide." 


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Jefferson  Davis  Memorial  Association 


OFFICERS 

MRS.  GEORGE  S.  HOLMES,  President,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
MRS.  EDWIN  G.  WEED,  First  Vice-President  Jacksonville,  Fla. 
MRS.  NORMAN  V.  RANDOLPH,  Second  Vice-President, Richmond,  Va. 
MRS.  EDGAR  D.  TAYLOR,  Treasurer,  Richmond,  Va. 
MRS.  B.  A.  BLENNER,  Secretary,  Richmond,  Va. 


DIRECTORS 


Alabama — Mrs.  Charles  G.  Brown,  Birniingham. 

Arkansas — ^^Mrs.  Clementine  Boles,   Faycttcville. 

California — Mrs.  Sydney  M.  Van  Wyck,  .  .San.  Francisco. 

Florida — Mrs.  Roselle  C.  Cooley,   TaclisonviUe. 

Georgia — Mrs.  James  A.  Rounsaville,   Rome. 

Kentucky — Mrs.  Basil  Duke,   Louisville. 

Louisiania — Mrs.  John  B.  Richardson  Nezv  Orleans. 

Maryland — Mrs.  William  T.  Thelin,  .  . .  .Alt.  JVashington. 
Mississippi — Miss  Mary  B.  Harrison,   Columbus. 


Missouri — Mrs.  R.  E.  Wilson  Kansas  City. 

North  Carolina — Mrs.  John  P.  Allison,  Concord. 

New  York — Mrs.  W.  W.  Read,  Nezv  York. 

Ohio — Mrs.  Thomas  Worcester,  Cincinnati. 

South  CAR0LiNy\. — ^Mrs.  Augustine  T.  Smythe,  Charleston. 

Tennessee — Mrs.  Thomas  J.  Latham,  Memphis. 

Texas — Mrs.  M.  R.  M.  Rosenberg,   Galveston. 

Virginia — Mrs.  James  Y.  Leigh,   Norfolk. 

Miss  Mary  Amelia  Smith  Warrenton. 


West  Virginia — Mrs.  Robert  Wpiite,  Wheeling. 


Confederate  Southern  Memorial 
Association 

Mrs.  William  J.  Beiian,  JJ'hifr  Casfic,  La. 

Mrs.  J.  D.  Walker,   FaycttcviUc ,  Ark. 

Mrs.  Charles  W.  Frazer,  M  cm  phis,  Tcnn. 

ADVISORY  BOARD. 
Messrs.  J.  Taylor  Ellyson,  George  L.  Christian, 
David  C.  Richardson,  Joserh  Bryan. 
John  S.  Ellett,  Bonded  Treasurer. 

Edward  V.  Valentine,   Artist. 

William  C.  Noland,   Architect. 

INSCRIPTION  COMMITTEE. 
Mesdames  E.  G.  Weed,  A.  T.  Smythe, 
J.  A.  Rounsaville,  R.  C.  Coolly. 

BUILDING  COMMITTEE. 
Messrs.  Bryan,  Christian,  Taylor  and  Ellyson, 
E.v-Otficio. 

Mesdames  Holmes,  RANDOLni,  Taylor  and  Blenner. 


INSPECTORS. 
Major  Henry  D.  Whitcomb,  Mr.  J.  T.  Wilson. 


THE  JEFFERSON  DAVIS  MONUMENT 
^  ^ 

HE  JEFFERSON  DAVIS  MONUMENT  consists  of  a  semi-circnlar  colonnade,  terminating  at  each  end  in  a 
scjuare  pier,  and  a  larg-e  column  or  shaft  rising  from  the  center  of  the  enclosed  space.  It  is  about  forty-nine 
feet  wide  across  the  front  by  about  thirty  feet  in  depth,  from  front  to  back,  and  sixty-seven  feet  in  total 
height.  The  colonnade,  composed  of  thirteen  Doric  columns  besides  the  two  terminating  piers,  rises  about 
eighteen  feet  above  the  sidewalk,  and  has  its  frieze  decorated  with  bronze  seals  of  the  eleven  States  that 
seceded  and  the  three  others  that  sent  representatives  and  troops. 

At  al)out  the  center  of  the  semi-circular  space  enclosed  by  the  colonnade  stands  a  large  Doric  column  five  feet  four  and 
one-half  inclies  in  diameter.  This  forms  a  background  for  the  bronze  statue  of  President  Davis,  and  also  carries  on  its  top  a 
smaller  allcgorial  bronze  statue,  whose  right  liand  points  to  heaven  and  l^cneath  which  is  the  motto  of  the  Confederacy,  "  Deo 
Vindice,"  "  God  Ijeing  the  vindicator." 

This  main  column  is  enriched  with  flutings  and  witli  bands  which  are  decorated  with  bronze  letters  and  stars  and  the 
great  seal  of  the  Confederac}-.  It  also  bears  in  large  bronze  letters  the  inscription,  "  JelTerson  Davis,  President  of  the  Confed- 
erate States  of  America,  1861-1865." 

The  statue  of  Mr.  Davis,  of  heroic  size,  stands  at  a  level  with  the  liase  of  the  column,  about  twelve  feet  above  the  road- 
way. He  is  represented  in  a  standing  posture,  as  though  addressing  an  audience.  The  right  hand  and  foot  are  firmly  extended, 
while  the  left  hand  rests  upon  the  open  book  of  history.  On  the  inner  curve  of  the  surrounding  colonnade,  as  though  he 
were  referring  to  it  with  the  gesture  of  his  right  hand,  is  placed  the  following  extract  from  his  farewell  speech  in  the  United 
States  Senate,  when  he  resigned  from  that  body  upon  the  secession  of  Mississippi,  the  State  he  represented  :  "  Not  in  hos- 
tility to  others,  not  to  injure  any  section  of  the  country,  not  even  for  our  own  pecuniary  benefit;  but  from  the  high  and 
solemn  motive  of  defending  and  protecting  the  rights  we  inherited,  and  which  it  is  our  duty  to  transmit  unshorn  to  our 
children." 


The  piers  that  terminate  the  colonnade  bear  each  a  bronze  tablet,  one  to  the  Confederate  army  and  the  other  to  the 

navy. 

The  Army  Tablet  has  the  inscription,  "  From  Sumter  to  Appomattox,  four  years  of  unflinching  struggle  against  over- 
whelming odds." 

The  Navy  Tablet  has,  "  Giving  new  examples  of  heroism,  teaching  new  methods  of  warfare,  it  carried  the  flag  of  the 
South  to  the  most  distant  seas." 

Each  pier  is  surmounted  by  a  bronze  group  of  war  trophies,  consisting  of  Confederate  shields  and  flags,  together  with 
cannon  and  other  emblems  of  land  and  naval  warfare.  The  stone  work  of  the  central  shaft  reaches  to  a  height  of  si.xty  feet 
above  the  roadway,  or  sixty-seven  feet  to  the  top  of  the  head  of  the  allegorical  figure.  The  stone  used  is  South  Carolina 
granite,  of  a  beautiful,  light  shade  and  fine,  even  texture,  and  all  the  cutting  and  erecting  has  been  done  by  workmen  here  in 
Richmond. 

The  monument,  as  a  whole,  is  the  product  of  the  joint  labors  of  Air.  William  Churchill  Noland,  architect,  and  l\Ir. 
Edward  V.  Valentine,  sculptor,  both  of  Richmond,  the  former  being  entrusted  with  the  general  design,  including  all  the  stone- 
work and  the  strictly  decorative  l:)ronze  work,  and  the  latter  with  the  statue  of  Air.  Davis  and  the  allegorical  figure  on  top. 

The  total  cost  of  the  monument  is  about  seventy  thousand  ($70,000)  Dollars. 


JEFFERSON  DAVIS 


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EFFERSON  DAVIS,  first  and  only  President  of  the  Southern  Confederacy,  was  born  in  Christian  county, 
Kentucky,  June  3,  1808.  His  father,  Samuel  Davis,  removed  his  family  soon  afterward  from  Kentucky  to  a 
home  near  Woodvillc,  Wilkinson  county,  Mississippi.  President  JMonroe  appointed  Jefferson  Davis  to  the 
United  States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point  in  1824.  He  graduated  in  1828,  served  on  the  frontier  in  the 
Plack  Hawk  War,  and  was  promoted  to  be  first  lieutenant  of  dragoons  for  gallantry  in  action,  but  resigned 
June  30,  1835,  and  settled  near  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  as  a  cotton  planter. 

He  was  Democratic  member  of  Congress,  representing  Mississippi  from  1845  to  1846,  and  served  with  distinction  as 
colonel  of  the  First  Mississippi  Regiment  during  the  Mexican  War,  1846-1847,  under  General  Zachary  Taylor.  He  was 
severely  wounded  at  Buena  Vista,  and  was  complimented  for  coolness  of  bearing  and  gallantry  of  action  in  the  commander- 
in-chief's  dispatch  of  March  6,  1847. 

He  represented  the  State  of  Mississippi  from  1847  to  185 1  in  the  United  States  Senate.  He  was  Secretary  of  War 
under  President  P^ranklin  Pierce  from  1853  to  1857.  He  again  entered  the  Senate  in  1857  and  remained  until  he  resigned  his 
seat,  January  21,  1861. 

He  was  chosen  Provisional  President  of  the  Southern  Confederacy  February,  1861.  He  delivered  his  inaugural  address 
as  President  in  Richmond,  Va.,  February  22,  1862. 

He  left  Richmond  with  his  Cabinet  on  the  night  of  April  2,  1865,  and  was  arrested  near  Irvinsville,  Georgia,  May  10, 
1865,  by  a  body  of  Federal  cavalry  under  the  command  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Pritchard.  He  was  taken  to  Fortress  Monroe 
and  imprisoned  for  two  years  on  charge  of  treason.  He  was  released  on  bail  May  13,  1867.  His  case  was  never  brought  to 
trial,  and  he  was  amnestied  in  December  of  1868. 


MRS.  DAVIS 
AND  THE  DAVIS  SECTION  IN  HOLLYWOOD. 


TiiK  Caimtol  of  the  Confederacy  for  1861-1865.  during  the  time  Mr.  Davis  was  President. 


Mrs.  J.  yVonisoN  Haves,  of  Colorailo  .Springs,  Colorado,  and  her  two  sons,  are  the  surviving  memhers  of  President 
Davis'  family.    With  her  sons,  A-Irs.  Hayes  will  unveil  the  Jefiferson  Davis  Monument  on  June  3rd,  lyo/. 

White  PIouse  of  the  CoNFEnFRAcv,  and  the  home  of  Jefferson  Davis  from  1861-1865.  Since  its  opening,  February  22, 
1869,  known  as  tlie  Confederate  Museum,  and  under  the  control  of  the  Confederate  Memorial  Literary  Society,  of  which  Mrs. 
Joseph  Bryan  is  president. 


St.  Paul's  Citurch,  at  the  corner  of  Ninth  and  Grace  Streets,  opposite  the  Capitol  Square,  opened  for  worship  in  1845. 
Here  Mr.  Davis  worshipped  with  his  family  from  1861-1865, 


THE  JEFFERSON  DAVIS  MONUMENT  ASSOCIATION 


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HE  JEFFERSON  DAVIS  MONUMENT  ASSOCIATION  was  primarily  the  outgrowth  of  a  mass  meeting 
held  in  Mozart  Hall,  Richmoiul,  two  weeks  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Davis,  on  December  21,  1889.  At  that 
meeting-  it  was  resolved  "  to  organize  an  association  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  monument  to  Hon. 
Jefferson  Davis,"  and  the  following  officers  and  directors  were  elected:  J.  Taylor  Ellyson,  President; 
Lewis  Ginter,  Vice-President ;  W.  D.  Chesterman,  Secretary,  and  John  S.  Ellett,  Treasurer.  Directors— 
D.  C.  Richardson,  N.  V.  Randolph,  George  L.  Christian,  P.  H.  ]\Iayo,  and  Peyton  AVise. 

The  organization  was  chartered  early  in  January,  1890,  and  passed  resolutions  asking  Mrs.  Davis'  permission  to  bury 
Mr.  Davis'  body  in  Richmond,  the  City  Council  offering  any  of  the  public  grounds  that  might  be  selected  for  that  purpose. 
Mrs.  Davis,  after  consideration,  accepted  the  offer  of  the  Council  and  the  invitation  of  the  Association.  In  September  of  1892, 
therefore,  at  a  meeting  held  in  the  Exchange  Plotel,  the  United  Confederate  Veterans  pledged  their  support  to  the  erection 
of  the  Davis  Monument  in  Richmond  and  their  co-operation  with  the  Davis  Monument  Association.  On  September  20th, 
the  following  appeal  to  the  Southern  people  was  sent  out  by  the  Veterans  and  the  Association: 

"At  the  Rcimion,  in  April  last,  of  the  Confederate  Veterans,  meeting  in  New  Orleans,  General  John  B.  Gordon 
appointed  one  person  from  each  Confederate  State  and  one  from  Indian  Territory,  to  devise  means  to  promptly  erect,  at 
some  suitable  place,  a  memorial  to  Jefferson  Davis. 

"  This  monument  will  arise  and  soon,  to  be  an  everlasting  memorial,  not  only  of  the  patriot  and  statesman  who  purely 
and  bravely  led  souls,  but  of  the  ineff"able  valor  and  devotion  of  the  most  heroic  soldiery  which  the  Avorld  ever  saw,  whom 
he  typified,  while  he  commanded. 


It  is  our  work. 


"  No  other  hands  than  ours  can  be  rehed  upon  to  put  stones  on  this  pile.  Our  own  hard-earned  mite  must  mainly 
accomplisli  its  rearing.    (Jur  own  sweat  must  chiefly  stream  upon  its  uplifting. 

"  Love  and  sacrifice  build  more  monuments  than  money  ever  did  or  will,  and  we  now  gladly  and  confidently  bid 
you  to  illustrate  it.  The  men  and  women  who  fought  for  the  Confederacy,  and  their  descendants,  must  quarry  this  monu- 
ment out  of  their  heart's  blood,  if  need  be.    It  were  best  in  every  case  that  they  should." 

On  May  30,  1893,  the  body  of  Mr.  Davis,  brought  by  special  train  from  New  Orleans,  and  escorted  by  the  Louisiana 
Division  Lhiited  Confederate  Veterans  to  Richmond,  was  given  its  final  resting  place  in  Hollywood  with  military  and  civic 
honors. 

The  first  corner-stone  of  the  Monument  was  laid  June  3,  1896,  in  Monroe  Park.  ]\L-s.  Davis,  Miss  Winnie  Davis,  Mrs. 
J.  A.  Hayes  and  other  prominent  Southern  women  were  present.  A  general  parade  of  military.  Masonic,  civic  and  veteran 
organizations  was  led  by  a  band  of  one  thousand  uniformed  children  of  Richmond.  Bishop  Granbery,  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  made  the  opening  prayer;  the  corner-stone  (since  removed  and  inclosed  in  the  foundation  of  the  present 
monument)  was  laid  by  the  Grand  Master  of  IMasons  of  Virginia  ;  a  salute  was  fired  by  the  Richmond  Howitzers,  and 
General  Stephen  D.  Lee  was  the  orator  of  the  day. 

The  LTnited  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  had  been  asked  in  a  convention  held  October  31,  1895,  at  Atlanta,  Georgia, 
to  attend  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  and  assist  the  association  in  raising  funds  for  the  Davis  monument.  At  a  meeting 
held  June  29,  1896,  the  Association  gratefully  accepted  the  help  of  the  United  Daughters  offered  through  Mrs.  L.  H.  Raines, 
of  Savannah,  Georgia,  their  first  vice-president  general. 

At  this  time  designs  were  submitted  by  artists  in  competition  to  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Monument  Associa- 
tion, and  first,  second  and  third  prizes  were  awarded  to  Percy  Griffin,  of  New  York,  and  Edgerton  Rogers  and  W.  C.  Noland, 
of  Richmond.  A  year  later,  however,  the  committee  informed  Mr.  Griffin  that  the  amount  they  had  in  hand  did  not  justify 
their  l)eginning  work,  or  giving  out  a  contract  for  same. 


MRS.  B.  A.  BLENNER 
Recording  Secretory  Davis  Monument  Association 


On  April  12,  1899,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Norman  V.  Randolph,  it  was  resolved  by  the  Association  that  its  president,  J. 
Taylor  Ellyson,  in  making  his  annual  report  to  the  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Association,  at  the  Confederate  Reunion  in 
Charleston,  S.  C,  be  requested  to  present  the  advantages  of  having  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  take  charge 
of  the  work  of  raising  the  necessary  balance  to  erect  the  Davis  monument,  and  that  he  be  also  requested  to  say  that  "this 
Association  is  ready  to  turn  over  to  the  Daughters  the  funds  now  in  hand  as  soon  as  an  agreement  to  that  end  shall  be 
reached." 

The  recommendation  was  adopted  by  the  United  Confederate  Veterans  at  their  reunion  in  May  of  1899,  and  accepted 
by  the  United  Daughters  at  their  convention,  in  November  of  the  same  year.  The  Veterans  turned  over  to  the  Daughters 
$20,000  and  with  it  the  authority  "  to  take  up  the  work  as  if  it  had  never  been  begun,  with  liberty  to  select  a  design,  choose 
a  site  preferred,  in  or  near  Richmond,  and  erect  a  monument  at  a  time  and  at  such  cost  as  might  be  deemed  proper." 

Accordingly,  on  November  11,  1901,  at  a  meeting  held  in  the  office  of  the  Mayor  of  Richmond,  Va.,  the  officers  of  the 
Jeft'crson  Davis  Monument  Association  resigned,  and  Mrs.  N.  V.  Randolph  moved  that  a  temporary  chairman  and  secretary 
from  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  be  appointed.  This  being  done  a  permanent  organization  of  the  Jeft'er- 
son  Davis  Monument  Association,  U.  D.  C,  was  effected,  with  Mrs.  S.  T.  McCullough,  of  Staunton,  Va.,  now  Mrs.  George 
S.  Holmes,  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  as  president;  Mrs.  E.  G.  Weed,  of  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  first  vice-president;  Mrs.  Edgar  D. 
Taylor,  as  treasurer;  Mrs.  Norman  V.  Randolph,  as  secretary;  Mrs.  B.  A.  Blenner,  Mrs.  Charles  T.  Brown,  Mrs.  J.  R. 
Miller,  Mrs.  R.  C.  Cooley,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Rounsaville,  Mrs.  Basil  W.  Duke,  Mrs.  R.  E.  Wilson,  Miss  Mary  Harrison,  Mrs.  E.  W. 
Hall,  Mrs.  T.  J.  Latham,  Mrs.  M.  R.  M.  Rosenberg,  Mrs.  James  Y.  Leigh,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Arnett,  Mrs.  T.  Augustine  Smythe, 
and  Mrs.  W.  J.  Behan,  directors. 

An  Advisory  Board  of  gentlemen  included  J.  Taylor  Ellyson,  Joseph  Bryan,  W.  D.  Chesterman,  John  S.  Ellett,  George 
L.  Christian,  J.  Dickerson,  D.  C.  Richardson  and  W.  E.  Cutshaw. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Directors  of  the  new  organization,  held  June  3,  1902,  in  the  hall  of  the  House  of  Delegates,  Rich- 
mond, Virginia,  Mrs.  Holmes,  the  president,  presided,  and  the  Treasurer  reported  $42,000  in  the  treasury.    Mrs.  Edwin 


MISS  MARV  B.  HARRISON  MRS.  R.  C.  COOLEV  MRS.  W.  T.  THEI.AN'  MRS.  ROBt.RT  WHITE  MlbS  MARY  AMELIA  SMITH 

MRS.  AUGUSTINE  SMYTHE  MRS.  J.  P.  ALLISON  MRS.  M.  R.  M.  ROSENBURG  MRS.  T.  I.  L.ATHAM 


G.  Weed,  of  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  and  Mrs.  Angustine  Smvthe,  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  go  to  New 
York  and  confer  with  Mrs.  JetTerson  Davis  as  to  choice  of  site  and  design  for  the  monument  to  be  erected  to  her  husband. 

The  City  Engineer,  W.  E.  Cntshaw,  and  the  other  memliers  of  the  Advisory  Board,  were  recjuested  to  meet  with  the 
Directors  and  instruct  them  as  to  the  adoption  of  a  m.  nk-l  for  the  monument  th.at  would  not  exceed  $75,000  in  cost.  Of  the 
models  submitted,  the  design  of  an  arch  by  Louis  Cudebrod,  of  Xcw  \'ork,  was  chosen.  The  Directors  decided  to  hold  a 
bazaar  in  Richmond  /\pril  15  to  Mav  1,  1903,  in  whicli  all  the  Southern  States  shouM  take  part,  the  proceeds  to  be  devoted  to 
tlie  Confederate  Museum  and  to  making  up  tiie  balance  lacking  in  the  amount  decided  upon  as  necessary  to  erect  a 
monument. 

The  baz.aar  opene.l  April  15,  1903,  as  projected.  Every  Southern  State  was  represented  in  bazaar  work.  So  were 
California  and  (  )hio.  The  Directors  of  the  Jefiferson  Davis  Monument  Association  in  all  of  the  Southern  States  worked  noldy 
and  faithfully  and  met  with  read}-  response  and  support  from  the  l.Tnited  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  the  State  officials 
and  other  corporations  whose  aid  was  invoked.  The  result  was  a  great  success,  and  the  amount  designated  for  the  building 
of  the  monument  was  assured.  The  idea  of  holding  a  l)azaar,  which  proved  so  happy  a  solution  of  all  difficulties,  originated 
with  the  chairman  of  the  Central  Committee  'jf  the  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Association,  Mrs.  Norman  V.  Randolph,  whose 
motion  in  regard  to  it  was  adopteil  by  the  Directors. 

At  a  convention  of  the  L'nited  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  held  in  New  Orleans  November  t2,  1902,  Mrs.  Randolph, 
to  the  regret  of  the  yVssociation,  and  on  account  of  illness  in  her  family,  resigned  her  secretaryship,  and  was  succeeded  by 
Mrs.  B.  A.  Blenner,  of  Richmond,  Va. 

June  10,  T903,  Mrs.  Holmes  called  a  special  meeting  of  the  Directors  of  the  Davis  Monument  Association  in  Rich- 
mond. At  this  meeting  Mrs.  Holmes  was  in  the  chair,  and  those  present  were:  Mrs.  N.  V.  Randolph,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Taylor, 
Mrs.  B.  A.  Blenner,  Mrs.  E.  G.  Weed,  Mrs.  Augustine  Smytlie,  Mrs.  R.  C.  Cooley,'  Mrs.  James  A.  Rounsaville,  Mrs.  Gar- 
land Jones,  and  Miss  Mary  Amelia  Smith.  Mr.  Louis  Gudebrod,  of  New  York,  whose  design  had  been  accepted  in  June  of 
1902,  appeared  before  this  meeting,  and,  having  explained  why  conditions  made  it  impossible  for  him  to  fulfil  his  contract, 


MRS.  JAMES  \\  LEIGH 

MRS.  C.  G.  BROWN 


MRS.  E.  A.  WEED  MRS.  W.  W.  READ 


MRS.  THOS.  WORCESTER  MRS  R.  E.  WILSON 

MRS.  CLEMENTINE  BOWLES 


withdrew  from  it.  After  consultation  with  tlie  members  of  their  Advisory  Board  and  the  inspection  of  a  suggestive  sl<etch 
suhniitted  by  Mr.  W.  C.  Nuland,  of  Richmond,  and  explained  by  Mr.  E.  V.  Valentine  as  to  conception,  Mrs.  Randolph  made 
a  motion,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Rounsaville,  that  Mr.  Valentine  and  Mr.  Noland  be  requested  to  prepare  and  submit  to  the 
Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Association  designs  for  a  monument  to  be  erected  to  President  Davis,  and  "that  such  designs, 
with  cost  of  same,  be  submitted  in  full  time,  so  that  final  action  can  be  taken  thereon-  by  the  Association  at  its  next  meeting  in 
Charleston,  S.  C,  November  lo,  1903.  That  when  such  designs  have  been  accepted  by  the  Association  the  work  of  erection 
and  completion  be  committed  to  a  building  committee  of  this  /  ssociation,  with  power,  after  the  Executive  Committee,  to  make 
and  execute  all  steps  necessary  to  finish  the  Davis  Monument  by  June  3,  1907. 

At  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  Charleston  Convention,  in  November  of  1903,  the  design  of  Messrs. 
Valentine  and  Noland  was  adopted,  and  a  resolution  offered  by  Mrs.  Rounsaville  for  securing  a  monument  site  at  the  inter- 
section of  Monument  Avenue  and  Cedar  Street,  in  Richmond,  was  adopted.  The  sequel  of  this  resolution  was  found  in 
a  telegram  addresser!  to  the  Association  in  St.  Louis,  October  3,  1904,  which  announced  the  granting  by  the  City  Council  of 
Richmond  of  the  site  and  foundation  for  the  Jefferson  Davis  VIor  ument. 

Ground  was  broken  by  Mrs.  George  S.  Holmes  for  the  monument  November  7,  1905,  in  the  presence  of  several  officers 
of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Association  and  of  the  Advisory  Board.  The  pick  and  shovel  used  on  this  occasion  have 
been  placed  in  the  Confederate  Museum. 


MRS.  JONN  T.  HUGHES 
President  Oakwood  Memorial  Association 


MRS.  J.  TAYLOR  ELLYSON 
Pres.  Hollywood  Association 


MRS.  W.  J.  BEHAN 
Pres.  Southern  Confederate  Memorial  Ass  n. 


At  the  thirteenth  annual  convention  of  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  held  in  Gulport,  Miss.,  November 
14-17,  1906,  Mrs.  Holmes  submitted  the  following  report: 

J\ladiuiic  President  General  and  Daughters  of  tlic  Confederacy: 

Just  seven  years  ago  the  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Asociation,  for  erecting  a  memorial  to  the  President  of  the 
Confederate  States  of  /Vmerica,  was  transferred  to  this  honorable  body  by  the  United  Confederate  Veterans.  Undismayed  by 
the  magnitude  of  the  task,  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  have  found  no  labor  too  heavy,  no  self-denial  too  great 
to  fulhll  this  desire  in  loyalty  and  love  ;  the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association,  and  the  United  Confederate 
Veterans  greatly  assisting  us — nay,  each  man,  woman  and  child  of  the  South  has  held  up  our  hands. 

I  can  now  announce  to  you  that  the  monument  will  be  in  your  hands  for  unveiling  on  June  3,  1907,  complete  in  every 
perfected  detail. 

To  give  us  the  inspiration  of  their  presence  and  to  rejoice  with  us  on  this  most  auspicious  day,  the  R.  E.  Lee  Camp, 
United  Confederate  Veterans,  ably  seconded  by  the  city  of  Richmond  and  State  of  Virginia,  has  invited  the  United  Con- 
federate Veterans  to  hold  the  reunion  of  1907  in  the  last  Capital  of  the  Confederacy,  where  Davis  sleeps  beside  the  James, 
which  rolls  in  endless  requiem. 

Only  once  more  shall  I  appear  before  you  to  render  an  account  of  the  stewardship  of  your  Jefferson  Davis  Monument 
Association :  now  I  can  only  thank  you  for  your  generosity  in  gifts  and  approval  of  our  deeds,  and  pray  "  God  bless  us 
every  one."  Respectfully  submitted, 

NELLIE  HOTCHIvISS  HOLMES, 
.  _         .  MRS.  GEORGE  S.  HOLMES,  President, 

Jefferson  Da-uis  Monnnient  Association,  U.  D.  C. 
Nothing  further  by  way  of  comment  is  needed.   The  glorious  conclusion  of  the  work  given  into  the  hands  of  Southf=>i-n 
women  needs  no  eulogy :  It  speaks  its  own  everlasting  praise. 

JEEEERSON  DAVIS  MONUMENT  ASSOCIATION. 


Mr.  Norman  V.  Randolph,  member  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Association,  until  his  death, 
early  in  the  year  1903,  deprived  the  organization  of  his  valuable  service  and  advice. 

Mrs.  Norman  V.  Randolph,  reunion  hostess  by  request  ni  the  Confederate  Veterans;  president  for  life  of  Richmond 
Chapter,  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy ;  second  vice-president  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Committee,  and  chairman 
of  a  Ways  and  Means  Committee,  known  as  the  Central  Committee  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Association.  This  com- 
mittee was  organized  on  March  14th,  1900,  with  Mrs.  Randolph  as  chairman  ;  Mrs.  B.  A.  Blenner,  secretary,  Mrs.  Edgar  D.  Taylor 
as  treasurer,  and  the  following  members:  Mrs.  E.  V.  Valentine,  Mrs.  Alfred  Gray,  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Boiling,  Mrs.  Dabney  Carr, 
Mrs.  Kate  S.  Winn,  Mrs.  Thomas  Leary,  Miss  Kate  Lee,  Miss  Minnie  Baughman,  Miss  Anne  C.  Bentley,  Mrs.  Maria  Robinson, 
Mrs. 'Silas  Shelburne,  Mrs.  Charles  G.  Bosher,  Mrs.  Clara  Nash,,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Timberlake,  Mrs.  Archer  Anderson,  Mrs.  R.  A. 
i'atterson,  Mrs.  Frank  T.  Crump,  Mrs.  Stephen  Beveridge,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Hart,  Mrs.  D.  C.  Richardson,  Mrs.  W.  R.  Vawter  and 
Mrs.  Joseph  Bryan.  To  the  untiring  work  of  this  committee  more  than  to  any  other  one  cause,  is  due  the  splendid  success  of  the 
Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Association.  The  committee  was,  at  all  times,  in  close  touch  with  the  Association  president,  Mrs. 
George  S.  Holmes,  whose  reports  show  her  appreciation  of  its  constant  support  and  service. 


MR.  NORMAN  V.  RANDOLPH 


MRS.  NORMAN   V.  RAXDiUPH 


EIGHTH  ANNUAL  CONVENTION 

Confederate  Southern  Memorial 

Association 

RICHMOND,  VA.,  May  30th  to  June  3rd,  1907. 

WEDNESDAY,  May  Twenty-ninth,  1907. 
8:30  to  10:30  P.  M. 

Reception  in  Lee  Camp  Hall  by  Richmond  Chapter  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  to  A'eterans,  Sons  of 
Veterans,  Confederated   Southern   Memorial   Association,   sponsors,  maids  and  all  Confederate  organizations. 


PROGRAMME    —  Continued 


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THURSDAY,  May  Thirtieth— lo  A.  M.  FRIDAY,  May  Thirty-first— 2  P.  M. 


Convention  called  to  order  in  Second  Baptist  Church, 
Franklin  and  Adams  streets,  by  Mrs.  Shelton  Chives,  vice- 
president.  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association. 

Prayer  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  W.  R.  L.  Smith,  pastor  of 
Second  Baptist  Church. 

Address  of  Welcome  by  the  President  of  the  Confed- 
erate Memorial  Literary  Society. 

Response  by  Mrs.  W.  J.  Behan,  president  of  Confed- 
erated Southern  Memorial  Association. 

Adjournment.    No  business  session. 

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Parade  Formed. 

Unveiling  of  Stuart  Monument  at  4:30. 

March  resumed  to  Hollywood  at  4:45.  Ceremonies  at 
Hollywood  at  5:50.  Salute  and  taps  6:30.  Ceremonies  in 
Auditorium  at  Cary  and  Linden  streets.  All  cars  run  to  the 
Auditorium  under  the  auspices  of  Sons  of  Veterans. 

FRIDAY,  May  Thirty-first— 10  A.  M. 


Business  session  in  Second  Baptist  Church,  corner  of 
Franklin  and  Adams  streets. 

Addresses  of  Welcome  by  Mrs.  John  T.  Hughes,  presi- 
dent of  Oakwood  Memorial  Association ;  by  Mrs.  J.  Taylor 
Ellyson,  president  of  Hollywood  Memorial  Association, 
and  Mrs.  Norman  V.  Randolph,  president  of  Richmond 
Chapter,  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 

I  P.  M. — Adjournment  for  luncheon. 


PROGRAMME   —  Continued 


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AFTERNOON  SESSION.  SATURDAY,  June  First,  1907. 


2  :5o  to  5  P.  M. 


REPORTS  CONTINUED. 


From  5  to  7  P.  M. — Reception  at  Confederate  Museum, 
Twelfth  and  Clay  streets,  by  Memorial  Associations  and 
Richmond  Chapter  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy 
to  Confederate  Southern  Memorial  Associations,  regents  of 
Confederate  Museum,  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Associa- 
tion, sponsors  and  maids  of  honor,  Veterans  and  Sons  of 
Veterans  and  visiting  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  Mem- 
bers of  these  organizations  are  requested  to  wear  their 
badges.  ,  / 


Evening  at  8 :3o.       -  ■  "  ' ' 

Ball  at  Convention  Hall,  Reservoir  Park,  to  sponsors, 
maids  of  honor,  and  all  Confederate  organizations.  Admis- 
sion by  official  badge  or  ticket. 


10  A.  M. 

Business  session  in  Second  Baptist  Church,  corner  of 
Franklin  and  Adams  streets. 

Business  session,  with  opening  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
J.  Powell  Smith.    Unfinished  business. 


I  P.  M. 

Adjourn  for  luncheon  at  Lee  Camp  Soldiers"  Home,  to 
be  followed  by  a  street-car  ride  to  Oakwood,  where  the 
ladies  of  Oakwood  Memorial  Association  will  receive  visi- 
tors 

Concert  at  Convention  Hall,  Reservoir  Park  at  5  P.  M. 


MISS  ISOLINE  MOSES 
President  Hebrew  Memorial  Association 


PROGRAMME    —  Continued 


8:30  P.  M. 

Reception  at  Executive  Mansion  to  Governor  and  Mrs. 
Claude  A.  Svvanson.  At  tlie  same  hour,  an  entertainment 
by  i'olk  Miller  at  the  Auditorium,  Gary  and  Linden  streets. 


SUNDAY,  June  Second,  1907. 


II  A.  M. 

Special  services  in  all  Richmond  churches.  ]\'Iemorial 
services  at  3:30  P.  M.  in  Auditorium  at  Linden  and  Gary 
streets,  by  Confederate  Veterans  and  Confederated  South- 
ern Memorial  Association. 

Sacred  concert  at  8:15  P.  ]\L,  in  Convention  Hall, 
Reservoir  Park,  under  direction  of  Professor  Walter  C. 
Mercer. 


MONDAY,  June  Third,  1907. 
II  :3o  A.  M. 

Grand  parade  and  unveiling  of  Davis  monument. 
Parade  moves  j^romptly  from  Ninth  and  Grace  streets 
at  this  hour. 


.   ,  ,  I  P.  M. 

Addresses  at  monument  by  Governor  Claude  A.  Swan- 
son  and  by  General  Clement  C.  Evans,  orator  of  the  day. 


2  P.  M. 

Monument  unveiled  by  Mrs.  Margaret  Howell  Jeffer- 
son Hayes,  assisted  by  her  sons. 


Programme — United  Confederate  Veterans 


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FIRST  DAY. 


THURSDAY,  MAY  30th. 


Morning — 9 130  o'Clock. 

1.  Calling  Convention  to  order  by  J\lajor-General  Stith 

Boiling,  commanding  Virginia  Division. 

2.  Prayer  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  William  Jones,  Chaplain- 

General,  United  Confederate  Veterans. 

3.  Music. 

4.  Announcement  of  Committees. 

5.  Adjourn. 


Afternoon — 2  o'Clock. 
I .  Parade.    Column  composed  of  Veteran  Cavalry  Asso- 
ciation of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  and  other 
Veterans,  Military   Companies,  Sons   of  Veterans, 


Confederated  Memorial  Associations,  Jefferson 
Davis  Monument  Association,  United  Daughters  of 
the  Confederacy,  Hollywood  and  other  Memorial  As- 
sociations, Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Richmond, 
will  move  promptly  at  this  hour  for  the  Stuart  statue. 
John  VV.  Gordon,  chief  marshall ;  Captain  J.  Thomp- 
son Brown,  chief  of  stafif  and  chairman  of  Parade 
Committee. 

2.  Prayer  by  the  Rev.  Walter  O.  Hullihen,  of  Staunton, 
who  was  a  member  of  General  Stuart's  staff.  Ad- 
dress at  the  Stuart  statue  by  General  Theodore  S. 
Garnett,  who  was  also  a  member  of  General  Stuart's 
staff.  General  Garnett  will  be  introduced  by  j\Iajor 
A.  R.  Venable,  Jr.,  another  of  General  Stuart's  staff, 
and  who  supported  him  to  prevent  his  falling  from 
his  horse,  and  brought  him  to  Richmond.  The  Hon. 
Carlton  McCarthy,  JNIayor  of  the  city  of  Richmond, 
will  accept  the  statue  on  behalf  of  the  city. 


PROGRAMME    —  Continued 


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4:30  o'clock. 

3.  Stuart  Statue  Unveiled.  INIajor  General's  salute.  The 
veil  will  be  drawn  by  Miss  Virginia  Stuart  Waller, 
escorted  by  Master  J.  E.  B.  Stuart,  grandchildren  ot 
General  Stuart. 


6:30  o'clock. 

6.  Salute.    Artillery  and  Infantry.  Taps 


4:45  o'clock. 

4.  Parade.    March  resumed  to  Hollywood. 


^  5:30  o'clock. 

Ceremonies  in  Hollywood,  including  address  by  Rev. 
Dudley  Powers. 


NIGHT— 8:30  o'clock. 

AUDITORIUM,  CARY  AND  LINDEN  STREETS. 

Under  Auspices  of  Sons  of  Veterans. 

Hon.  Thomas  N.  Owen,  commander  in  Chief  of  United 
Sons  of  V eterans,  presiding. 

Presentation  of  all  Official  Sponsors  and  Maids  of  Honor  to 
the  Veterans  and  Sons  of  Veterans. 


PROGRAMME    —  Continued 


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SECOND  DAY. 


FRIDAY,  MAY  31st. 


Morning — 9:30  o'Clock. 

1.  Calling  Convention  to  order  by  INIajor-General  Stith 

Boiling,  commanding  Virginia  Division. 

2.  Prayer. 

3.  IMusic  by  Reunion  Choir  (Richmond  High  School); 

Band  accompaniment. 

4.  Address  of  Welcome   by  His    Excellency  Claude  A. 

Swanson,  Governor  of  Virginia,  on  behalf  of  the 
State. 

5.  Music  by  Reunion  Choir  (Richmond  High  School)  ; 

band  accompaniment. 

6.  Address    of   Welcome    by   the     Honorable  Carlton 

McCarthy,  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Richmond,  on  behalf 
of  the  city.  ...... 


7.  Music  by  Reunion  Choir  (Richmond   High   School)  ; 

band  accompaniment. 

8.  Address  of  Welcome,  on  behalf  of  the  Veterans  of  Vir- 

ginia, by  i\Iajor  John  W.  Daniel,  Senator  from  Vir- 
ginia. 

9.  ]\Iusic  by  Reunion   Choir  (Richmond  High   School)  ; 

band  accompaniment. 

10.  Address  of  Welcome  by  'Mr.  B.  B.  IMorgan,  on  behalf 

of  the  Sons  of  Veterans. 

11.  Alusic  by  Reunion  Choir  (Richmond   High  School); 

band  accompaniment. 

12.  Response  by  the  Grand  Co.nmander,  General  Stephen 

D.  Lee. 

13.  Music  by  Reunion  Chair  (Richmond   High  School); 

band  accompaniment. 

14.  Address  by  Colonel  Robert  E.  Lee,  Jr. 

15.  Adjourn.  ■•  -  ' 


PROGRAMME 


Afternoon — 4  to  6  o'Clock. 

At  the  Confederate  Museum,  Twelfth  and  Clay  Streets. 

Reception  of  Veterans,  Sons  of  Veterans,  Sponsors  and 
Maids  of  Honor,  Memorial  Associations  and  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  l^y  the  ladies  of  the  Con- 
federate Memorial  Literary  Society  and  Richmond 
Chapter  of  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 


Night — 8:30  o'clock. 

1 .  Southern  Cross  Drill  at  Horse-Show  Building  by 
Southern  Cross  Corps,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  followed 
at  9  o'clock  by  Ball  to  Veterans,  Sons  of  Veterans, 
Sponsors  and  Maids  of  Honor  at  the  same  place. 


9:30  o'clock. 

2.  Fire  Works  and  other  Entertainment    at  Idlewood, 
under  direction  of  Captain  D.  A.  Brown,  Jr.,  chair- 


man. 


Continued  „^ 

THIRD  DAY. 
SATURDAY,  JUNE  ist. 

Morning — 9 130  o'Clock. 

Convention  called  to  order  by  Grand  Commander  Gen- 
eral Stephen  D.  Lee. 

II  o'Clock. 

Meeting  of  Association  of  Confederate  Army  and  Naval 
Surgeons  in  the  Virginia  Passenger  and  Power  Com- 
pany's Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Building, 
adjacent  to  the  Convention  Hall. 


Night — 8:30  to  10:30  o'clock. 

Reception  at  the  Executive  jMansion,  in  the  Capitol 
Square,  by  the  Governor  of  Virginia. 

At  Auditorium,  corner  Gary  and  Linden  streets :  Enter- 
tainment to  Confederate  Veterans,  Sons  of  Veterans, 
Sponsors  and  Maids  of  Honor  by  Polk  Miller,  as- 
sisted by  his  old  comrades  from  different  sections  of 
the  South,  also  by  local  talent,  who  will  reproduce 
familiar  scenes  in  Dixie  before  the  war,  including 
songs  and  dances. 


PROGRAMME    —  Continued 


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FOURTH  DAY. 


FIFTH  DAY. 


SUNDAY,  JUNE  2d. 


MONDAY,  JUNE  3d. 


Morning — 11  o'Clock. 

Special  Services  in  all  the  City  Churches. 


Afternoon — 3  130  o'Clock. 

]\Iemorial  Services  at  the  Auditorium,  corner  of  Cary  and 
Linden  streets.  Under  the  auspices  of  the  Confede- 
rated Southern  Memorial  Associations. 


Night— 8:15  o'clock. 

Special  Services  in  City  Churches  and  Sacred  Concert  at 
Horse-Show  Building,  under  direction  of  Professor 
Walter  C.  jMercer.  .  - 


Morning — 11:30  o'Clock. 
Grand  Parade  and  Unveiling  of  Davis  Monument. 

General  Stith  Boiling,  Chief  JMarshal. 

Column  having  been  formed,  moves  promptly  at  this 
hour  down  Xinth  street  to  Grace,  on  Grace  to  Fifth,  on 
Fifth  to  Franklin ;  passes  in  review  at  the  Davis  ^Monument. 
General  Stephen  D.  Lee,  Grand  Commander,  will  preside 
on  the  speaker's  stand  at  the  ^.lonument.  Ceremonies  will 
open  with  Prayer  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  William  Jones,  Chap- 
lain-General.   Guests  should  be  seated  at  12:30  o'clock. 

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PROGRAMME    —  Continued 
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I  o'clock  P.  M. 

Addresses  by  Governor  Claude  A.  Swanson,  Mayor 
Carlton  McCarthy,  and  General  Clemeur  A.  Evans, 
Orator  of  the  Day. 


■  ■  2  o'clock. 

Unveiling  of  Monument.  Presidential  Salute.  The 
veil  will  be  drawn  by  Mrs.  J.  A.  Hayes,  daughter  of 
President  Davis,  assisted  by  her  sons,  the  President's 
grandchildren. 

Music. 

Placing  of  Garlands — Mrs.  Wel)b  and  Miss  Hayes, 
grand-daughters  of  President  Davis. 

Placing  of  Tributes — Misses  Hodgson,  Moore  and 
White. 


5.  Welcome  by  Mrs.  Norman  V.  Randolph,  chairman  of 

Central  Committee  Jefiferson  Davis  Monument  Asso- 
ciation. 

6.  Response  by  Mrs.  William  J.  Behan,  President  Con- 

federated Southern  Memorial  Associations. 

7.  Report  of  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Association,  by 

Mrs.  George  S.  Holmes,  President. 

8.  Response:  Mrs.  Lizzie  George  Henderson,  President- 

General  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  by 
Hon.  John  Sharp  Williams. 

9.  Music. — Placing  Garlands  by 

Officers  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 
Officers  Confederate  States  IMemorial  Association. 
Officers  United  Confederate  Veterans. 
Officers  United  Sons  Confederate  Veterans. 
Officers  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Association. 

10.  Music. 

11.  Benediction. 

12.  Floral  Tributes  by  the  Public. 


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